LEST WE FORGET
Aircraft Accident (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft HJ774), Hertfordshire, 23 January 1944
During a night test flight on 23 January 1944, Mosquito HJ774 crashed after being caught in the slipstream of a passing aircraft and both crew members were killed. The crew members of HJ774 were:
Flying Officer William Jenkinson (1209097) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flying Officer George Peter Johnson (J/18128) (RCAF) (Pilot)
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982